Capt. Oliver Dissman M/Y La Tache 100′ “The space is awesome, I don’t bring a lot of stuff. One crew lives onboard, two go home. It depends on the yacht manufacturer, some are hugely giving.”

Capt. Odel Dow Looking Recently on 85 Trumpy, 105 Heesen “They’re getting smaller and smaller. I bring three days clothes, the rest is uniforms. American yachts have the best set-ups, they think of crew more.”

Capt. Jeff Dyess M/Y Azul 93′ Benetti “What crew space? I live in the guest room, we have five crew and four beds. We have no crew area, so on a nice day, we eat on the bow.”

Stew Tess Ergen M/Y Penny Mae 138′ Richmond Marine “The stew quarters are a lot smaller, but we have enough cupboard, that’s important to me. But there’s not much moving around space.”

Purser Catherine Finn M/Y Katharine 203′ CRN Ancona “We have 16 crew, I share with my sister, we have lots of space with three cupboards. I scale to travel. The closet is crew uniforms plus one each. We have drawers beneath the bed.”

Mate Jonny Gay M/Y Magic 130′ Norman Marine “We have like a little apartment with lots of storage. I just bring the bare essentials and my regulator and mask for diving. On the last boat I brought my surfboard and golf clubs.”

Capt. Larry Hastings M/Y Buckpasser 120′ Hitachi Zosen “My lands, yes, we have room. I knew the architect and the crew’s quarters are important to the owner. You don’t need much stuff, just underwear, t-shirts, socks, basics.”

Deck Lennard Luiten M/Y Hello Dolly 106 Westship “We got a new Seekeeper so we got rid of the crew kitchen. It’s a trade-off. We’re not all puking, but we lost personal space. There is no cabinet and I brought lots of clothes.”

Chef Vanessa Swindel M/Y Sharon Lee 112′ Westport “We share a closet but most of it is uniforms. It would be great if we had men and women’s rooms, we have a Jack and Jill. You can hear conversations between the door, and we have to take turns.”

Deck Ruan Van Der Berg M/Y Excellence 150 Richmond Marine “I’m in the engineer’s room, it’s very big, almost the same as at home. The rest are smaller and the mess is a tight squeeze. Before I started I was told to bring one small bag.”

Capt. Tom White M/Y Excellence 150 Richmond Marine “The space is never big enough. You don’t want to bring a lot of stuff, you never know when you’re getting off. You accumulate a lot. With the travel, you wear the same clothes but nobody notices.”Capt. Tom White M/Y Excellence 150 Richmond Marine “The space is never big enough. You don’t want to bring a lot of stuff, you never know when you’re getting off. You accumulate a lot. With the travel, you wear the same clothes but nobody notices.”

Stew Anabell Wilson M/Y Sharon Lee 112′ Westport “I brought too much stuff. And when I put my arms out of the bunk I hit the wall and the top bunk.”